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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-01

been coming 10 Iighi Nlll'h @H"N NJ"
completely the bottom j. dropping out Of
De Le4-cp,' canal scheme. seven million
dolIara of the fund. Of the Panama com
pany Is reported to have been spent upon
hospitals at Panama and colon, and 81
OOO. 900 on the "pharmaCeutic stan, which
Is a happy phrase for apothecaries; say
In all sl1 900, 900 for physic and care for
the victims of bad climate. Money has
been spent still more lavishly on the
Offices and residences Of the agents and
chief managers.
II seems there is still hope that Glad
stone may be induced to make a visit to
the United States. Charles a. Gillig, Of
the American Exchange, London, has
recently arrived in this country, and he
states that the object Of his coming ut this
time was for the purpose of pcriecting the
necessary arrangements for Il visit by Mr.
Gladstone in April next. MIR. Gladstone. ="
said Mr.. Gillig, has 50 far overcome his
make short trip to this country in the
spring. One thing that tended to bring
about this change of mind in Mr. Glad
stone was the fact that his physicians
have long advsed'hmi hat IN ocean voyage
would be beneficial to his health. and as
he always cherished a desire to visit this
~ that hil Ira.I 81 h.,
has been conquered, he embraced the OPP
portunity eagerly" Mr.. Cllig says that
Mr.. Gladstone visit will occupy about
two months time aud that he will visit
only the principal cities,
The movement in England for the dis
establishment of the Government church
IA said to be continually gaining strength.
Among recent instances which strongly
ssow the justccand need of this IN ovcment,
and likely tomake dcepinprcs> on the
public mind Is the following, which i be
ing published in the liberal newspapers :
Al recent morning service in the
cathedral at Canterbury, England. the
congregation consisted of one person. on
another occasion the congregation con-
sisted OF -four persons. Attached to the
cathedral are dean with sl0.OO0 a year
and palace, six canous at s., 900 a year
each, and four minor canons ut 800 IA
year each, "A lumber of preachers who are
paid by the sermon, besides prcccntorS,
choristers, and other officials. The total
cost to the tax payers of maintaining the
cathedral as place of public worship is
about $4,000 per annum, or At the rate of
over 5000 per day. The liberal papers
are pertincntly asking if it is worth 5000
per day. or 81 Loo per week, to the people
OF England To provide a cathedral for one
worshippcr, or even four worshippers.
that it does either the one or
the four any appreciate spiritual good,
especially while millions of poor people
are In misery, hunger, cold and nakedness.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10

side their couches and a final ruin
pending over their profit hunting
entespTises. How shall It be won
dered at if these who knew the
four and loved them take into
their own hands the blood-atone-
mept of their murder1 Will not
the remembered horror Of those
fourteen minutes freeze any word
of moderation" upon the lips of
those who would speak itl Will
not It also strike away from under
capitalism one of its trusticst sup
ports, the respect for law among
the masses, the belief in its en-
bodiment of justice1 Will it not
prove a striking lesson to the
workers of all lands in the hollow
mockery Of bourgeois morality.
bourgeois freedom, bourgeois civ
ilization2
When courage wanes for awhile
and hope is shaken, the memory
of those who died so bEavely and
the thought of those inprison who
would gladly have died also, will
hearten US to fresh effort and re-
new our faith in the only cause
for which men can now be heroes
and martyrs like those of old.
Far above the petty game Of pol
itics, or the squabbling of rival
creeds, these men stand out on a
nobler height, a sublimer level;
their heroism has lifted them out
of the world in which men bargain
and get rich, into the purer air in
which stand Huss and Bruno and
all those great souls whose lives
were spent that Man might live.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10
Thomas Carlyle's Impression.

The deadest aspect the decayof
civic society can exibit has ap-
peared to me to bethis, when hon
orable, honor-loving, conscientious
diligence cannot. by the utmost
efforts of toll, obtain the nccessa-
ries of life; or when the workman
cannot even find work, but must
stand with folded arms, lamenting
his forced idleness, through which
himself and his family are verging
to starvation. or, it may be, actu-
ally suffering the pains of hunger.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10
The Free Press.

Under the above head the Chi
cago Enquirer reprints the opin-
ions OF several of its exchanges on
the recent murderous slaughter of
our comrades in Chicago. The
various papers in their opinions
differ only in the degree of bitter
ness with which they condemn the
the brutal murder. Up to date
the ExqMiyers's list runs as follows:
Troy IN. W Ray.
Buffalo Ar61tty Ztitxxg.
Providence People.
St. Louis Foundation Principles,
Newark Umioxisk.
San Francisco People.
Patterson Labor Standard.
New York Union Printer.
Toronto (Ont.) Labor Reto'mty
New York Daily Leader.
Detroit Advanee.
Galveston SoaAtscest.
Cincinnati United Labor Age.
Philadelphia Labor Herald.
Enterprise (Ks) Ami MoSeSol'sf'
Indianapolis Leati<r.
Vincennes Mesos.
Manistee mich Byoadaxf.
Cleveland Labor Herald.
Boston Li6eyty.
indianapolis NfsOs.
Chicago Sentinel.
Rockland (Me. Opinion.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10
Anarchist Emerson.

Every actual state is corrupt.
= = Every child that is born
must have a just chance for its
bread. = We live in a very
low state of the world, and pay
willing tribute to government
founded on force. = = The less
government the better-the fewer
laws, the less con6ded power. .
= People do not seem to think
that society can be maintained
without artificial restraints. or
that the private citizen might be
reasonable and a good neighbor
without hint of a Jail or con6sca-
ton. : A man. who cannot
be acquainted with me, looking
from afar, ordains that part Of
my labor shall 60 to the govern
ment, that whimsical end, not as !
but as he happens to fancy. Be-
hold the consequences! Of all
debts men are the less willing to
pay taxes. What a satire is this
on government! Everywhere they
seem to think they get their
moneys worth except for these.
Rabbi Ncld0 Emerson.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10


Some day, not twenty-five
years from nov, the warwill break
out There Is no doubt about
that ia my mind. Therefore all
workingmen should unite. and
prepare for the last war. whose
outcome will be the end. forever.
Of allwar, and will bring peace
and happiness to all mankind. /"
But . few days previous to his
death Engel addressed to the gov
ernor Of Illinois the following let
ter:
10 Govrxov Ogktsty.
DEAR SIR: /. George Engel.i
citizen Of the United States and Of
Chicago. and condemned to death,
learn that thousands Of citizens
petition you. as the highest exec
utive officer Of the state Of Illinois.
to commute my sentence Of death
to life imprisonment. ] protest
emphatically against this on the
following grounds:
Il am not aware of having vio-
lated any laws Of this country. In
my firm belief in the constitution
which the founders Of this repub-
lie bequeathed to this people, and
which remains unaltered. ! have
exercised the right Of free speech.
free press, free thought and free
assemblage, as guaranteed by the
constitution, and have criticised
the existing condition of society
and suctored my fellow-citizens
with my advice, which regard as
the right Of every honest citizen.
The experience which | have had
in this country during the fifteen
years that / have lived here, con-
cerning the ballot and the admin
istration of our public functiona-
ries who have become totally
corrupt, have eradicated my belief
in the existence Of equal rights Of
poor and rich. and the action Of
public officers. police and militia.
have produced the firm belief in
me that these conditions cannot
last long. In accordance with this
experience have taught and ad-
vised. This ! have done in good
faith Of the rights which are guar
anteed by the constitution, and.
not being conscious Of my guilt,
the powers that be- may murder
me, but they cannot kgalI basssh
me. protest against a commuta-
tion of my sentence, and demand
either liberty or death. Irenounce
any kind of mercy.
Respectfully,
GEORGE ENGEL."
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10
Mass Meeting.

There will be a mass meeting at
East Turner Hall tomorrow Sun
day. at 2:3o p. m. Robert Blum
enberg will address the meeting
in German on the subject of
Capital and Labor" A the con-
clusion of Mr.. Blumenberg's ad-
dress a general discussion will be
entered into by those desiring to
participate.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10

A flaw in the shaft endangers a
safe and steady voyage. Use
Warmers Log Cabin Rose Cream,
and keep your head cleared of
catarrh on your voyage through
life. soc.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10
TRUTH'S NkRCH|
The Gibbet and The Ak Have
Never Stayed It's Ad-
vance.
an IDEA NEVER S7RANGLRs.
That Grand Quartet II Heroes nsls
the Gsllsws . Glsrieus
Throne.
London commonweal.

London Commonweal.
In presence of the doom that
has befallen our comrades, of the
cowardly vengeance wreaked upon
them by the bourgeois of Illinois
for the fear felt before treachery
gave them into their hands, words
fail; it is hard even to speak
tithe Of the thought and feeling
that seek expression. Every So
cialist in all the world has before
his eyes the image of the gallows
whereon the four have died, and
the shadow Of the prison wherein
their comrades are to linger out a
death in life. To the resolute a
new edge added to their stern
hatred of class-rule and its evil
fruits; to the half-hearted a clear
warning of the risks they run, a
call for them to choose between
unhonored safety and the dangers
Of truth; to the dullard or dilet-
tante a rude awakening to the
harsh reality of the war we wage
and the penalty that must be paid
for taking part therein.
The four men who have been
done to death have died for their
belief; those who in Rome were
flung TO the lions, who in Smith
field we're burned alive for SINH
lar offense, that they taught the
overthrow of legalized wrong, are
counted saints and held sacred in
mems memories. So also will be
these men of Chicago. From
their birth was the record of their
doings, alike of those that are
dead and those who live, searched
minutely for aught that might dis
credit them-and searched in vain.
They were men of honest and
clean lives, against whom none
could cast a stone-and they have
died for their belief. Whenever
men have tried to stay the march
of Truth by Staying her servants
the attempt has failed; the cause
for which men died martyrs has
inevitably won; the stake, the
whip, the scaffold have had no
power over thought, but making
men speak under their breath and
laying up tenfold woe for that
state in which the folk dared but
whisper their discomfort.
Be it noted also that in times
past mere death has not been
deemed enough to deter men from
holding dangerous opinions" tor
ture of one kind or another has
been brought in to heighten the
terror of dissolution and strike
dismay into unruly minds. To-
day, under this coat of polished
hypocrisy, the bourgeois are as
full of sordid cruelty as was ever
the worst of all the Inquisitors
they execrate. With myriad
means at hand for ipsuring sharp
and sudden death, the vindicators
OF law and orderin Chicago design
edly prolonged the death-agony
oiour four comrades for a quarter
Of an how less one minute. For
fourteen minutes did the '4especta-
Sles' of Chicago stand gloating
over he spectaels of four men
struggling in the throes of gradual
death; \pluming themselves, no
doubt Nat nosp at least their
property vas safe and the revolu-
uor rushed. Nor did they see
what it was they we're doing; how
oy .ne'r own act they we're pre-
pa''ns a RedVerror that shall be
wltn them niAht and day, that
,, s'ai' DC an unshoken fear at all
lncir felStc exA f -
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10
Beth Radicals.

BERNE. Dec. 6.-The national
council has elected M. Kurz Of
Aargan president and M. Ruffy of
Lausanne vice-president of that
body. Both are radicals.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10

Insanity, the most tangible result
Of an inability to cope With cir
cumstances, is on the increase, ter
ribly on the increase Of late years.
Elm England and Wales there was
a ratio Of 1856 insane to every
thousand in 1859; fifteen years
later this had increased to 7.62i] i
In athousand male cases Of insan-
ity, the causes were ascertained
here are some Of them: Drunken
pess, (and is this NOT : sign Of
despair), ITO cases; consequences
of disease, (nearly always due to
i'll conditions Of life), 100 cases;
excessive labor, 73 cases; misfor-
tune, 6o cases. and so on. Is there
no significance in thisa
Obviously, something y funda-
mentally wrong. Society does not
fulfill its functions. and not only
that, but begins to crumble and
fall, and the ignorant tremble
'thereat. It is well that it should
be so, and as for the fear of the
foolish, the wisdom of one wise
man is better than the folly oi
many fools.
Society is Ikea house Of bricks;
the bricks are good, and the house
is ably built, but the mortar. alas,
has in it the elements of destruc-
ton; it crumbles away and the
bricks part, and the house begins
to fall. With tremulous hands
some of the inhabitants seek to
patchNit up from the 'outside a
little fresh mortar here, a little
there, but still it falls. Foolish
ones! did ever bricklayer so, and
save a house? But a few. wiser
than the rest, see how the matter
lies, and urge the others, saying,
pull down this house, else it will
tumble upon our heads and crush
us.save up the bricks and cleanse
thSan Of the mortar 81 competition,
and put them up anew, so that we
may have at length a good and
trusty house."
Their brethren, however, trying
to believe that the house will
stand, are indignant at such a pro-
posal, involving the trouble Of
building again and the inconveni-
ence of temporary lack of shelter,
and so they set upon the others
and kill some of them and put
others in prison.
Enough of the parable; under
stand this, that society, and the
whole of our commercial system,
whatever its advantages, has with
in it the ABSOLUTELY fatal element Q,
competition, which must and shall
be rooted out, or it will destroy
the race. And to do this necessi-
tates not small "philanthropic'
reforms, which only patch up and
give the devil larger lease Of
life, but an entiyy yemodtl2ixg on a
SonaAshe. Il. {. ha,woxioas) basis,
and the means of this, a Social
Revolution.
You who hesitate!-consider
Harmony is not compatible with
discord, well-being with competi-
ton. The Social Revolution, and
the reconstruction Of society, is
therefore inevitable; and it lies
with you not to help or hinder its
ultimate triumph, but to decide
whether it shall be now. while it is
yet easy. or afterward. when il
shall bring destruction and misery
in its path. Will you pull down
your house, or shall it fall on you
and crush your
These are signs of the times
Why is it that IS per cent of the
children of the working classes
die under FIVE years Of age7 AND
why is the average of the wage
workers in England only twenty
three years. that of the aristocracy
being fifty-and the figures are
taken from Sir Lyon Playfair. who
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10

Have you not heard how it has
gone with many good cause be-
fore now7 First a few men heed
it; next most men condemn it;
lastly all men accept It and the
cause is won! Wilyiam Mo,vis.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10
G|||EOR]|E|l' 'ENGEL.
Len a Orphan 4 a Early
Aoe Hs Tastes Povsrty's
Bitterness.
OHEl lP lHB . mon PEOPLB.
He Believed ~ Rshbers Of Labsr
Wslll Ylslo ~ = Thsir own
Arsunsat-Fsrcs.

1sss AA0u wv
Arsunsnt- Force.
George Engel was born on April
IS, 1886, in the city Of Cassel,
Germany. His father died. when
George was eighteen months old,
and left a poor widow with four
small children. When George
was twelve years old his mother
died and he was thus thrown upon
the mercy Of the world. He knew
already what hunger meant. and
he now learned what starvation
was. A hard struggle, was ahead
for the poor, friendless boy. But
finally the clouds began to tighten.
He crossed the path Of a kind and
good man, painter by trade. in
Frankfort-on-the- Main, and stayed
with him until he had learned his
trade. Then he began, like many
other workers, his "travellings. "
In January, 1873, he came to Phil
adelphia and secured work in a
sugar factory. The summer came,
and he began work again in his
calling as painter. In Philadel-
phia, for the first time in his life,
he heard something about serious
labor troubles. The militia
marched along the streets. They
came from the coal mines, where
they had "subjugated some troub-
lesome. starving miners" Il
watched them" he says, "when a
by-stander said to me: These
scoundrels ought to be hung on
the spot That remark surprised
me, for at that time being an 'ig-
norant foreigner / sang the praises
of this free and glorious country.
! told him anybody could earn
good wages if he wanted to, and
save money besides; in short, !
reiterated the well-known trash Of
the capitalistic newspapers. /
earned what was called good
wages. and laid by little for a
rainy day. The rainy days came
soon enough. ! became sick. my
savings were soon gone" He
came to Chicago, where for the
first time in his life, he heard
something of Socialism. Afellow-
worker induced him to read So
cialistic literature, and won Engel
over to Socialism. Later on,
when many Socialists despairing
of the ballot as as a remedy,
formed the International Working
Peoples Association, Engel be-
came one of the most active work
ers among them.
About the labor problem he
says:
1.-THE development Of machinery
renders workingmen more and
more superfluous. puts them on
the road, and degrades others
from skilled laborers to mere
machine hands. The solution Of
the labor question is in co-opera-
tion. There can be no question
that the present owners of land
and machinery never will give
them up to the people without re-
sistance. The strikers and boy
cotters are met with policemen's
clubs, the rife of the militia, and
the deadly bullets Of the Pinker-
tons. The history of all time:
teaches US that the depressing
classes always maintain their tyr
annies by force and violence. The
right to vote is, in my opinion, ;
double-edged sword, a most dan
gerous weapon. 1t makes the
wage-slave believe that he is
freeman. while his enemies us'
that illusion most effectively t
his deception and enslavement
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10
In the Wills sfsAvagsfy Are Not Found
Ysnins sal Wrstehelness -"Civil-
isatisn'' Hsnspslisss Them.

For the ENQUIRER.
"Before beginning. and without an end.
Al space eternal end - surety sure.
II fixeda power divine which moves 70 goo
Only IT. laws endure"
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-10

1.-THE human race, conceived as q continu-
ous whole, 10 sconersts existence This great
collective being is condition OF progress
towards perfection. pa. CoMrE.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-05-12

In returning thanks to you for my miraculous cure
oil eczema salt rheum, deem 1t advisable to give
you detailed account OF my case, and as there u.s.
and always will be prejudice against advertised
remedies, you have my consent to publish this tes-
timona, and all ing uries, by letter or In person
will cheerfully answer. do this that people who
go on year after year paying out large sums OF mon
ey to incompetent ply scians and receive no cure,
or even relief, or END In filling premature grave
us nearly my case, may be indnced to make trial
OF the wonderful Cur cURA REMEDIES
At the age OF three months rash made rs ap
pearance on my face. physician was called. he
said teething was the cause, he prescribed some
cooling medicine, but the sores spread to my ears
and head. Another NJ D. was called. He profess
ed to know all about the case, called it 'King's
Evil" and prescribed gunpowder, birthstone and
lard mixed into salve, but the disease continued
They could not do anything with 1t. Another pre-,
scribed borax, water and -four; another, linseed
ptutices. None OF them did me any good at all,
but made me worse. The disease continued unabat-
en-; IL spread TO my arms and legs, till was laid up
entirely, and from continual sitting on the toor on
a pillow my limbs contracted SO that lost all con
troll of them. and was utterly helpless. My mother
would have to lift me out and into he'd could get
around the house on my hands and feet, but could
not get my clothes OH at ALL aud had to wear sort
Of dressing gown. My hair had all matted down or
fallen off, and my head, face. and ears were one
scab, and had TO have towel on my head all the
time in the summer to keep the aes of. My parents
consulted prominent physician and surgeon here In
Chicago (the other physicians before mentioned
were OF Dundas and Hamilton. Canada), he said he
could do nothing for me- that the chances were that
would grow gu. Of it, or that It would strike in
ydrdiy and kill me in time He wanted to cut the
sinews Of my legs that could walk. but would
not let him, for If did get better would hav5 M
control OF them.
The disease continued in this manner until was
seventeen years old, and one day I'm January, 1879
in the Chicago Tribune, read an account OF yonr
medicines. They described my case so exactly that
thought, as a last resort to give them trial.
When first applied the CuricuRA, was all raw
and bleeding from scratching myself, but when
lid ..IA fUnn
thing had not done for years, the effect was SO
soothing.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-05-12
GULLIBlL|TY.

The wild phantoms and shriekng cries of a worth
less humbug can make money by imposing upon the
creduity and ignorance Of an honest public, and the
supply OF this species Of work seems more than al
adequate dema nd. The enuncation of facts fact'
that have stood crucial testsacts proven by brair
force and tangible evidence, should satisfy al, laud
able enterp Uses; but the execrable practice o
teaching false ideas and doctrines for self-agrand
zem ent is truly reprehensibe ard should be scorn
cd by all classes.
When one house tells you that Iodide OF Potash II
poison simply because their opponents use 1t, ant
because they are pandering TO your Ignorance, al
they suppose, you should look upon oil such as ar
rant frauds and their remedies unworthy OF pub
lie confidence, and If those who make such asser
tions do not know better, they are set OF unenvi
able ignoramuses.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-05-12
The Correct Time.

There are very few men who do not pride
themselves ON always having the correct
time; and wonderful and delicate mechan'
isms arc devised 10 enable them TO do so,
But tho more delicate chronometer Is made
the more subject II becomes TO derange-
mont, and unless II be kept always perfectly
clean, Il soon loses its usefulness. What
wonder. then, that the human machine
40 much more delicate and intricate than
any work Of Man-should require TO BIO kept
thoroughly cleansed. The liver In the main
spring OF the complex structure, and on the
impurities left In the blood by disordered
liver. depend most Of the ills that flesh Ia
hair 10. Even consumption (Which Is lung
scrofula). Is traceable TO theimperfect action
Of this organ Kidney diseases, skin dis
eases, sick headache, heart disease, dropsy,
and a long catalogue OF grave maladies have
their origin In torpid. or sluggish liver.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. by
establishing healthy, normal action of the
liver, acts az cure and preventive OF these
diseases.